Shelving



D. G. LAMB.

SHELVING APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1915.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

D. G. LAMB.

,SHELVING1 APPLICATRON FILED JUNE 14, 1915.

LMS GQQ Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

D. G. LAMB.

SHELVING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1915.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3.

DANIEL G. LAMB, F HOLDENVILLE, OKLAHOMA.

SHELVING.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Application filed June 14, 1915. Serial No. 33958.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL G. LAMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holdenville, in the county of Hughes and a State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelving, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to shelving, and has 7 for its object the provision of shelving 10 which may be readily set up in position for use within a store or other room, and which may be readily shipped in knocked-down position.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the shelves may be easily withdrawn or inserted, and a still further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the shelving, when in place, will be securely anchored in position.

The several stated objects of the invention, and such other incidental objects as will appear from the following description, are attainedin the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the claims following the description.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation of shelving embodying my inven- 80 tion; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a .detail perspective View showing a portion of a shelf and its mount; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of parts of the upper portion of 85 the frame, showing the same disassembled but approximately in their assembled positions; and. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of mount or guide. In carrying out my present invention,.I'

40 employ vertical partitions or standards 1 which are placed at intervals along the wall of the room in which the shelving is to be set up. These standards are placed directly upon the floor of the room or may be erected upon bases or foundation plates or blocks 2,

and the lower portions of the standards may.

be extended so as to support ledges or counters 3. Back plates 4 may be provided, if preferred, but these back plates are not cssentialand maybe omitted, the use of the said plates, however, tending to impart solidity to the shelving structure and also to present a neat and attractive finish to the space back of the shelves proper.

56 At the upper ends of the standards 1 and against the opposite sides of the same, I

secure beams 5 which are held in place by bolts 6 and nuts 7 whereby the parts may be readily disassembled for shipment and read- 11y placed together at the point of use. 60 These beams 5 also serve as supports for the top plate 8 which extends over the space between two standards and has its side edges resting on the said standards, each standard supporting the meeting edges of two adjoining top or roof plates. To impart a somewhat ornamental appearance to the structure, I secure to the projecting front edges of the roof plates stringers 9 which are secured to the roof plates by bolts 10 inserted therethrough, as shown and as will be readily understood. The roof plates are secured to the beams 5 by bolts 11 so that all the parts may be readily assembled and disassembled as occasion may require. The rear ends of the beams 5 project beyond the back plates 4 through notches therein, and through said projecting ends of the beams I insert bolts 12 upon which are hung anchors 13 consisting of stems of suitable form and heads or plates 14 carried by the ends of said stems. The heads project laterally from both sides of the stems, and the stems and heads are to be embedded in the wall of the room, as shown in Fig. 2, to thereby anchor the structure firmly in place and prevent tipping over or collapse of the same.

The counter 3 may be an extension of a base shelf or plate 15 secured upon the lower beams 5 and extending in front of the standards. Across these standards, immediately below the extension of the base plate or shelf 15, I provide a rail or stringer 16 which is held in place by bolts 17 inserted through the extension of the shelf 15 and the said stringer, as will bereadily understood. Molding strips 18 may be secured in any desired manner to the front edges of the standards or partitions 1 so as to give a neat finish thereto, and these molding strips will extend between the base and the rail 16 and between the extensions of the shelves 15 and the stringers 9. Against the sides of thestandards at the rear edges thereof are placed bars or posts 19 which are bolted to the standards and also to the back plates so as to reinforce the structure and prevent the standards pulling away from the back plates and so permitting the structure to collapse.

At suitable intervals vertically of the standards or partitions, I secure to the sides of the same the tracks or guides 20 which, as shown in Fig. 3 and in the upper port1on of F 1g. 1, consist of angle irons having base portions 21 provided with openings 22 at their ends through which screws or other fastening devices may be inserted into the standards and having flanges 23 projecting from their upper and lower edges, the edges of the said flanges being turned inwardly toward each other to provide lips 24.

The shelves will preferably be constructed of metallic bars 25 of proper dimensions to fit between the flanges 23 and slide easily upon the same, rods 26 connecting the said plates and extending through the space between the opposed edges of the lips 24 whereby the shelves will be guided horizontally in their movements. The bars 25 by engaging against the inner surfaces of the lips 24, as shown in Fig. 1, will prevent lateral movement of the shelves and the ends will, consequently, be always arranged in an orderly manner. As the shelves will slide easily in their guides or tracks any shelf may be withdrawn to permit access to the articles thereon, and the shelves may be provided in such number that anyparticular package may be withdrawn without disarranging the contents of any other shelf.

In Fig. 5, and in the lower portion of Fig. 1, I have shown a modified support or guide which consists of a channel iron having a base or securing portion 27 and flanges 28 projecting from the upper and lower edges of the same but without lips corresponding to the lips 24. This track or guide is especially adapted for the support of shelves 30 consisting of plane flat boards which may fit between the flanges 28 and be guided thereby, as shown clearly inFig. 1. With this form of the invention, the shelf should be of such dimensions as to fit closely between the base portions of the opposed guides and also between the flanges of each guide so that, while the shelf may be moved easily when access to its contents is desired, lateral'movement or vibration of the shelf will be prevented.

The several parts of my device are secured together by bolts so that they may be readily set up or disassembled and, con

sequently, the structure may be shipped in a knocked-down position. When in place, the shelving will be securely anchored and will be reinforced and strengthened so that it cannot pull away from the wall nor can.

the shelves pull away from the back plates or the standards or partitions spread apart. \Vhile the standards or partitions serve as supports for the shelves, the 'manner' in which the shelves are mounted permits them to also serve as braces to maintain the proper spaced relation of the standards or partitions. The base shelf and the roof plate are extended forwardly from the front edges of the standards or partitions and thereby impart an attractive appearance to the structure and the anchors are provided with eves or openings through which the bolts on which they are hun may be easily inserted. As the anchors t between the projecting ends of two transverse beams the holding force of the anchors is directed to the opposite sides of the standards or partitions in such a manner that the standards or partitions cannot pull away from the anchors under any strain exerted thereon. The device is of such a construction that it may be produced at a slight cost and readily set up or taken down by an unskilled person.

It will be understood, of course, that doors may be provided on the front of the shelving, if so desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In shelving, the combination of shelf supporting standards, beams secured to the opposite sides of said standards and having their rear ends projecting beyond the rear edges of the standards, and anchors hung between the 'said projecting ends of. said beams.

2. In shelving, the combination of standards, beams removably secured to the opposite sides of said standards, posts removably securedto the opposite sides of the standards at the rear of the same, back plates.

4. The combination of standards, U-

shaped tracks secured to the standards and having spaced lips along their inner edges, and shelves consisting of bars fitting within the tracks against the inner sides of said lips, and rods extending between the said bars and through the spaces between the li s.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DANIEL G- LAMB. [L. s.] 

